Hook



Patented Jan. 21, 1930 STATE HARMON C. FRAZIER, OF `MARTIN, TENNESSEE Hooi:

Application "ined January 7, 1929. serial No. 330,914.'

the hook permitting it to engage the ring of.

a wagon tongue and lie flat upon the tongue, or readily detached and used in loading logs, and for other work.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended ola-im.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a portion of a wagon tongue and illustrating one use of the invention.

Figure 2 i" a top plan view of the same.

FigurF is an end View of the hook.

F iguie 4 is a top' plan view showing another use of the invention.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side view partly broken away showing the hook used after the manner shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an enlarged elevation of a hook with a different arrangement of eye.

Figure 7 Ais a section on the line 7-7 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 shows an elevation of a hook hav# ing a swiveled eye for use in snaking logs.

Y Figure 9 is a fragmentary view showing still another form of eye.

Figure 10 is a detail section on the line 10-10 of Figure 9.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the hook as shown comprises a shank 11 having an eye 12 at one end to engage the ring 13 which connects the chains 14Y of aI doubletree so that the hook may form a portion of the draft gear of a wagon or the like.

In order to connect the chains 14 of the stretcher (not shown) to the tongue 15 of a wagon, the hook is provided with a bill 16. This bill is preferably round in contour and is so spaced from the shank 11 as to be readily engaged with or disengaged from the ring 17 of the wagon tongue..

The-purpose of this ready disengagement of the hook from the wagon tongue is to permit of the hook being Aengaged with'the chain for hauling or dragging logs, and for like work. Heretofore, two books have been connected with the stretcher ring and one of these hooks is constructed to engage the ring 17 while the other hook is constructed so as to be engaged with the chain. The objection to this however is that one of the hooks will hang downward and be in the way. An old method is to provide two separate loggers stretchers, one for engagement -with a wagon tongue ring and the other to be en gaged by a chain.l

These and other disadvantages are over' come in the present invention by providing the shank with an additional bill 18. This hill lies relatively close to the shank and the portion opposed to the shank isangular as shown at 19 while the opposed portion of the shank is also angular as shown at 20, so that a chain dropped into the space between the shank and the bill 18 will be tightly gripped.

The bill 18 is arranged substantially at right angles with respect to the bill 16,'so that when the bill 16 is in use, the bill 18 will lie flat upon the wagon tongue and out of the way. Y

The eye12 may be ararnged as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, or it may be arranged as indicated at 21 in Figure 6 so as to lic flat instead of stand upright as shown in Figures 1. 2 and 3. If desirech the c ve Q2 shown in Figure 9 of the drawings may be provided witha loose ring or grum- 1uet23 so as-to prevent wear when the hook is attached to a rope or cable.

If desired, the hook may7 be provided with al swiveled eye as shown at 24 in Figure 8 of the drawing which renders the hook convenient for use ou shaking tongs used by loggers and timber workers and others.

While the invention is shown and described as a loggers stretcher hook it is obvious that it may be used for many other purposes. It may be used by timber Workers, steel Workers, bridge builders` road builders. railroads and construction companies, in tact it may be used advantageously anywhere that a double circle and grap hook would be useful, as it Combines both of these features.

The invention is susceptible ot various Changes in its iorm, proportions and minor details ot construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly Jfall Within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:

ln a hook, a flat shank. and bills extendingv troni one end of the shank defining hooks arranged substantially at right angles to one another and adapted to lie flat upon a Wagon tongue with the open ends of the hooks disposed in the saine direction` one of said bills being relatively close to the shank, and opposed angular edges for the last referred to bill and shank.

ln testimony whereof I affix niv signature.

HARMON C. FRAZIER. 

